"Guangzhou City Anti-Food Waste Regulations (Draft for Soliciting Comments)" announced
Set minimum consumption and maximum fine of 1,000
Guangzhou Daily (all-media reporter Wei Lina) Yesterday, the Standing Committee of the Guangzhou Municipal People’s Congress issued an announcement to publicly solicit the general public and all sectors of the society on the "Guangzhou City’s Regulations on Anti-Dining Waste (Consultation Draft)" (hereinafter referred to as the "Consultation Draft") Comments and suggestions.
The "Draft for Solicitation of Comments" designates the first week of August each year as the anti-catering waste publicity week, stipulating that catering service operators should take the initiative to remind and advise when they find consumers ordering excessively, and do not set minimum consumption or private room fees, etc. Set the minimum consumption amount in disguise.
Public figure
Take the lead in frugality and set an example
"The anti-catering waste adheres to the policy of strict economy and opposition to waste, and follows the principles of government guidance, departmental supervision, industry self-discipline, unit responsibility, public participation, and social supervision." The "Draft for Comments" stipulates that residents committees and villagers committees should The anti-catering waste is incorporated into the community residents’ conventions and village regulations and people’s agreements to assist in the anti-catering waste work.
Enterprises, social organizations, etc. should incorporate anti-catering waste into management regulations, club rules, etc., and guide members to consciously stop catering waste.
Stop catering waste is inseparable from industry self-discipline. The "Draft for Comments" stipulates that catering industry associations should formulate industry self-discipline conventions on strict economy and against waste, carry out training and guidance for the industry to stop catering waste, and include anti-catering waste in the industry’s advanced selection Indicator system to guide catering companies to develop economical catering.
The "Draft for Comments" also stipulates that public officials, deputies to the National People's Congress, members of the CPPCC, advanced models, and public figures should take the lead in advocating healthy, civilized and frugal catering consumption, and play a leading role in combating food waste.
Public officials who cause food waste in organizing weddings, funerals, and other banquets, if the circumstances are serious, will be punished by the relevant competent departments according to law.
Obviously over-ordered
Waiter to remind
The "Draft for Solicitation of Comments" clarifies the obligations of catering service operators and stipulates that catering service operators should establish and improve an anti-catering waste system, actively implement relevant national and industry standards, and consciously abide by the following regulations:
(1) According to the needs of consumers, it can provide meals with different specifications such as half, small, and small combinations that meet the saving requirements;
(2) Post or display publicity signs such as food saving, civilized dining, and elimination of waste in prominent places in the restaurant, indicate the amount of ingredients on the menu, and indicate the recommended number of people on the set menu;
(3) Conduct ordering training for waiters, remind consumers to order meals, order meals, and add meals according to consumers' dining needs, so as not to mislead or induce consumers to order excessive meals;
(4) If it is found that consumers have ordered too much, take the initiative to remind and advise;
(5) After consumers have a meal, they are prompted to pack the remaining meals, equipped with sanitary and environmentally friendly meal boxes, meal bags and other tools, and provide packaging services;
(6) Explicitly state service items and charging standards, and do not set minimum consumption or set minimum consumption in disguised ways such as private room fees.
The "Draft for Comments" stipulates that if a catering service operator fails to post a food saving sign, misleads consumers to over-order meals, or refuses to provide packaged services, the market supervision and management department shall order corrections within a time limit; if they refuse to make corrections, they shall be fined 50 yuan Fines above 500 yuan.
If a catering service operator sets a minimum consumption amount or sets a minimum consumption amount in a disguised way, such as a private room fee, the market supervision and management department shall order it to make corrections within a time limit; if it refuses to make corrections, a fine of not less than 200 yuan but not more than 1,000 yuan shall be imposed.
Did not stop the waste of "eating and broadcasting"
Online platforms will be punished
“Schools that use off-campus catering for meals should provide half and full set meal options.” The "Draft for Comments" stipulates that the price of half set meal is determined after cost reduction based on the whole set meal. The staple food of the specification package should be guaranteed to be supplied.
According to the "Draft for Solicitation of Comments", if the unit canteen violates the provisions of these regulations and causes serious food waste, the relevant competent department shall notify and criticize it; if the circumstances are serious, the responsible competent personnel and the directly responsible personnel shall be investigated by the relevant competent department according to law responsibility.
Regarding the "Internet Eating and Broadcasting", the "Draft for Comments" stipulates that the online live broadcast platform should formulate a platform service agreement, adopt necessary measures to strengthen the review of the food live broadcast content, and promptly stop the online broadcasters from engaging in live broadcast of food waste.
Food webcasters should abide by laws and regulations, spread a healthy and civilized catering culture, and must not engage in live broadcasts that promote large amounts of eating and overeating, such as fake eating, vomiting, and curious hunting.
If the webcasting platform fails to stop the webcaster from engaging in live-broadcasting food waste, it shall be dealt with in accordance with the law by the Internet Information Authority.